Post-Secondary Pathways
Public education has never been more critical to ensuring economic mobility and future success.
A college degree is increasingly important for promoting economic mobility. While much of the post-secondary policy attention is focused on college attendance, there are significantly larger disparities in college completion rates. Students living in areas with high poverty rates disproportionately face challenges to success in college, including access to a high-quality high school education with a strong college-bound culture, guidance in navigating complex college admissions and financial aid processes, and a lack of additional supports necessary to help them persist. While 76% of CPS first-year students aspire to earn a bachelor’s degree, it is estimated that only 18% will do so within ten years of starting high school.
The Education Lab is working in partnership with CPS and college success providers in Chicago to identify and co-design supports to support CPS students–especially Options students–to achieve their post-secondary aspirations in college and career.
Post-Secondary Pathways
The Education Lab partnered with Chicago Public Schools to help implement and pilot interventions aiming to support the post-secondary career and education outcomes in Chicago schools where students face significant challenges.
Post-Secondary Champions
The Education Lab partnered with Chicago Public Schools to help implement a program embedding post-secondary advisors in schools to provide personalized supports for students’ post-secondary career and education outcomes.
Embedded Analysts
The Education Lab provides technical assistance to support Chicago Public Schools in using data analysis to answer key questions and guide daily decisions.
Genesys Works
The Education Lab is evaluating the impact of Genesys Works, an education and workforce development program that aims to improve high school achievement, college enrollment, college persistence, employment, and earnings.
Preliminary Findings: The Impact of Hope Chicago on College Enrollment
Hope Chicago is a program designed to tackle the many barriers that can prevent college access and success. This research brief highlights preliminary findings from an evaluation of its impact, finding large increases in postsecondary enrollment rates.
Latest Updates
Why tutoring is a logistics problem worth solving
The National Student Support Accelerator’s (NSSA) Susanna Loeb and the Education Lab’s Monica Bhatt highlight the ways districts can stay the course on using high-dosage tutoring as a research-backed lever for strengthening teaching and learning.
Months After Deep Cuts, Education Researchers See Reason for Cautious Optimism
In a recent piece from The 74 Media’s Greg Toppo, Education Lab Senior Research Director Monica Bhatt discusses why continued investment in education R&D matters: To drive better outcomes for students and to strengthen America’s global competitiveness.
Tutoring was supposed to save American kids after the pandemic. The results? ‘Sobering’
The Hechinger Report’s Jill Barshay speaks with Education Lab Senior Research Director Monica Bhatt about the Personalized Learning Initiative’s latest interim findings from the 2023-24 school year.
